Sweetgrass 7'9" 2/2 #4/5 Penta Fly Rod

Sweetgrass 7'9" 2/2 #4/5 Penta Fly RodFor sale here is a Sweetgrass 7'9" 2 2 4 5wt pentagonal hollow built bamboo rod. Serial no. 1634. Sweetgrass began numbering rods at 1000. The rod is in near mint condition. All sections are full length and straight. Straw colored cane with burgundy wraps and black tipping at the winding check, signature wrap, ferrules, and tip tops. Grapefruit colored agate stripping guide. Rope pattern ring hook keeper. Handsome bamboo winding check. Straight

Pre-fire rod with original mint tag which reads: “Baby Cats

Comes with the original light olive bag and aluminum tube painted brown with heavy brass collar and tube

A nice posthumous collection of Skues work reprinted here as part of the limited edition Flyfisher's Classic Library

Laminate wood handle

with an insert in the front that was only included in this limited edition

Impregnated with chrome guides and brown wraps

with the attached hang tang by William Mills & Sons and original brass-capped tube

The cork is very clean

For sale here is an extremely rare Paul Hermann Sea Trout Model fly reel

Bench-made and tight tolerances

Excellent+ condition

somewhat uneven in manner but this is purely a cosmetic consideration